Six alternatives to Toggl Track in 2026
Toggl Track is a very good timer. People usually start looking elsewhere not because it tracks time badly, but because tracking time turns out to be the easy half — and the seat price adds up once the whole team needs an account.
Why people look for an alternative
The hours end at a report
Toggl produces an excellent export. Somebody still has to turn that export into an invoice, and then chase the payment in a third place.
Per-seat pricing scales badly for small teams
At 9 USD per seat a month billed annually, a team of six costs more than most all-in-one tools charge for everything.
The free tier has a user limit that is not published
Toggl's own pricing page and knowledge base both describe it only as "a limited number of users" without giving a figure — awkward if you are planning around it.
Client approval happens over email
There is no way for a client to sign off a timesheet themselves, so the approval step lives in an inbox and gets lost there.
The shortlist
Clockify
Teams that want the cheapest possible seats.
3.99 USD per seat a month billed annually, free for up to five users. Invoicing only appears from the Standard tier up.
TimeCamp
Anyone who needs a genuinely free tier for a whole team.
Its free plan carries unlimited users and projects — the most generous permanent free tier here, since ours lasts only as long as the beta. Paid starts at 3.99 USD per user a month billed annually.
My Hours
Small teams that want simple reporting and approvals.
4 USD per user a month billed annually, free for up to five active users. Billable time can be invoiced, but it is not a full invoicing module.
Timely
People who forget to start the timer.
Reconstructs the working day automatically. There is no free tier, only a 14-day trial, and the entry plan caps at five users and twenty projects.
Harvest
Consultants who bill time and expenses together.
9 USD per seat a month billed annually. Adds invoicing and receipt capture on top of tracking — the closest thing here to a complete billing chain.
Oplero
Teams whose hours need to become an approved invoice.
The timer runs on tasks and client tickets, the hours collect into a timesheet the client approves from a link, and that becomes the invoice. Free during the beta, then 1.99 USD per user a month.
Which one to choose
- You only need a timer and the team is large
- TimeCamp — its free tier has no user limit.
- You want the lowest paid price per seat
- Clockify, at 3.99 USD billed annually.
- Nobody on the team remembers to start timers
- Timely, which tracks automatically.
- You bill expenses alongside hours
- Harvest — Oplero has no expense tracking.
- The hours need to become an invoice without retyping
- Keep reading.
Where Oplero fits
Oplero is not a better timer than Toggl Track, and we would not claim it. What it does instead is refuse to stop at the timer: hours attach to the task or the client ticket they came from, collect into a timesheet the client approves through a link without an account, and turn into an invoice with a QR payment code in one click. A forwarded bank notice then matches the payment. If your time tracking already flows into billing that works, none of that is worth switching for. If it flows into a spreadsheet, it might be.
Moving your data across
Toggl exports detailed CSV reports, and Oplero imports CSV and Excel with a preview and an error report. Build the structure first, then bring the entries.
- Create the clients and projects in Oplero before importing time entries
- Entries carry their description, duration and billable flag
- Tags become custom field values or labels, depending on how you use them
- Toggl's saved reports have no direct equivalent — rebuild them as saved filters
Frequently asked questions
What is the closest free alternative to Toggl Track?
TimeCamp, whose free plan carries unlimited users and projects. Clockify's free tier is also strong but caps at five users. Oplero is free for everyone during its beta, but it is a much broader tool than a timer.
Which alternative also does invoicing?
Harvest and Timely both invoice from tracked hours, and Clockify does from its Standard tier up. Oplero goes a step further by having the client approve the timesheet before it becomes an invoice.
Can I import my Toggl data?
Into Oplero, yes — export a detailed CSV report from Toggl and import it with a preview and an error report. Set up the clients and projects first so the entries have somewhere to attach.